J. S. Titiyal

Biography

Titiyal is the first Indian eye surgeon who conducted live cornea transplantation at American Academy two years ago and got international fame,, said Dr. Govind, in 2014. Dr. Titiyal, on completion of his senior residency, joined the faculty of Dr. RP Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences itself, January 1991, to kick start his career and has been working there ever since. Rising up the ranks, he is now a Professor there, head of unit in the cornea and refractive surgery division. He has done successful surgeries on many eminent personalities such as Dalai Lama, Manmohan Singh (former Prime Minister of India), Sheila Dikshit (former Chief Minister of Delhi), Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi (former Union Minister) and Prakash Singh Badal (former Chief Minister of Punjab), among others. He has organized three international conferences on ophthalmology, the most notable one being the Orbis International, at New Delhi, in 1999. President - Delhi Ophthalmological Society He has also written chapters in many ophthalmological text books. the monthly bulletin of Delhi Ophthalmological Society.

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